About the job

Job summary

Salary: £34,905
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (Until March 2025)
Location: Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire (Hybrid Working)

Closing Date: Monday 15 January 2024

The UKRI International Evaluation plays a key role in coordinating external independent evaluations and contributing to other UKRI-wide evaluations and fund development from an international standpoint.

This role is to develop and deliver monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL – Monitoring Evaluation & Learning) activities for UKRI’s international programmes, policies and key thematic areas, including the new International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF). This will deliver a robust evidence base to demonstrate the value of UKRI International and increase understanding of ‘what works’ in global R&I funding.

The team work remotely the majority of the time, however there is an expectation to attend the Swindon office 1-2 days per month with the rest of the team.

Job description

• Developing and conducting evaluations of UKRI International programmes and initiatives, contributing towards the evidence base of ‘what works’ for global collaboration and delivering transparency on UKRI’s international investments.
• Supporting the design and coordinating the delivery of MEL frameworks for large, strategically important and/or exceptionally innovative investments. This includes feeding into the designing, commissioning and managing of contracted programme, policy and thematic evaluations where appropriate.
• Developing best practice and lessons learned summaries for large, strategically important and/or exceptionally innovative investments and other international policies and activities, working with colleagues across UKRI International to embed this learning into new and existing processes, policies and programmes.
• Ensuring that systems and processes designed to capture evidence of impact are fit for purpose, and, where this is not the case, carrying out projects to improve and amend required systems and processes.

Person specification

Essential

• Educated to degree level or relevant experience
• Knowledge and some working experience of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)
• Strong project management skills, with experience delivering accurate, high quality pieces of work at pace and to short deadlines
• Experience of quantitative and/or qualitative analysis, or literature reviews, either through delivery or as part of other projects
• Ability to influence and persuade others, and to work with people of all levels and to build good relations with them

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Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,905, UK Research and Innovation contributes £9,424 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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Selection process details

Applicants are required to provide an up-to-date CV and a cover letter outlining their suitability for the role, matched with the criteria. To apply for the role, click on 'Apply at advertiser's site'

The closing date for applications is Monday 15 January 2024

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Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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